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than the calyx; peduncles panicled. This was introduced 
in 1780, by Benjamin Bewick, efq. is (hrubby, and flowers 
in January and February. Its native place is unknown. 
12. Malva vitifolia, or vine-leaved mallow: ftem up¬ 
right, branched; leaves five-lobed, crenate, villofe; axils 
many-flowered. Stem a fathom in height, round; the 
tender branches tomentofe, but becoming fmooth by age. 
Leaves alternate, longer than the tomentofe petioles; the 
lower lobes {hotter, the middle longer. Flowers axillary, 
fomewhat branched ; corolla white, a little larger than the 
calyx. Found near Mexico. It flowers in the royal gar¬ 
den at Madrid in December. 
13. Malva umbellata, or umbelled mallow rftem lhrubby; 
leaves cordate, five-lobed; flowers umbelled. Stem (hrubby, 
round, two feet high, tomentofe, efpecially when tender. 
Corolla bell-fhaped, twice as large as the calyx, very deeply 
divided into five rounded ftriated fegments of a fiery-violet 
colour, with the bafe by which they are united white; 
ityle purple-rofe coloured, hollow, entire at the bafe, di¬ 
viding into from fifty to fixty threads. Fruit globular, 
umbilieated. Seeds three in a capfule; it differs from its 
congeners in the outer calyx being deciduous. In the 
manner of flowering it approaches to Domheya; in fruit 
to Sida: it is therefore between Malva and Sida. Native 
of Mexico; flowering from January to March at Madrid. 
Malva Capenfls, goofeberry-leaved or Cape mallow : 
leaves cordate, five-lobed; ftem arborefcent. This rifes 
with a woody ftaik ten or twelve feet high, fending out 
branches from the fide the whole length; the ftalks and 
branches are clofely covered with hairs. Leaves hairy, 
indented on their fides, fo as to have the appearance of a 
trilobate leaf: thefe on the young plants are three inches 
long and two broad at their bafe; but, as the plants grow 
older, they are fcarcely half that fize. The flowers come 
out from the fide of the branches, upon peduncles an inch 
long; they are of a deep red colour, fhaped like thofe of 
the common mallow', but fmaller. It flowers great part 
of the year. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. The firff 
mention of this fhrub is by Peines, in Hort. Bof. 1705 and 
1713. In 1713 it was cultivated in the botanic garden at 
Chelfea. Dillenius was the firft who defcribed and figured 
it. There are two other varieties. 
( 3 . This has thicker higher Items, of a brownilh-red co¬ 
lour. Leaves hirfute, broader, with wider fegments lefs 
deeply cut, but with the toothlets fharper and ferrate. The 
outer calyx has fomewhat larger fegments; the inner is 
fubhirfute. Peduncles jointed, and bent a little down¬ 
wards ; whereas in the preceding they are (hort, and not 
jointed. The whorls of fruit are a little larger than in 
the preceding, and not muricated. Capfules comprellfed, 
horizontally oblong, with waved wrinkles running from the 
centre towards the circumference, of a dirty black colour. 
y. M. fcabrofa, the rugged Cape mallow, differs from 
the others in having the hairs of the leaves and ftem Am¬ 
ple, not compound; the flowers almoft upright, not 
drooping. It is a loftier and ftouter plant, with larger 
flowers, having deeper and darker fpots on the petals, the 
calyxes more hirfute, with the outer leaflets larger, and 
the peduncles fhorter, without any joint; the leaves alfo 
are thicker, more wrinkled, fofter, broader, lefs gafhed, 
jiot fo like thofe of the goofeberry, with the toothlets lefs 
fliarj^ The fruit has twelve capfules in a whorl, rounded- 
kidney-form, fomewhat compreffed, brittle, black; back 
rounded, rugged, but neither tubercled nor muricate; 
fides flat, obfoletely ftriated. Seed kidney-form, with a de- 
preffed ftreak on the back, bay-coloured. The embryo in 
this is white; in the two others green. Gsertner can fcarce¬ 
ly think this a variety of M. Capenfis. On the contrary. 
Miller, who is very apt to advance varieties into fpecies, 
fays, that the leaves of this appear very different from 
either of the other, being deeply divided into three lobes, 
which are alfo deeply indented, fo that any perfon would 
fuppofe it to be a different fpecies; but that he has fre¬ 
quently raifed them all, with other intermediate varieties, 
from the feeds of one plant. 
v a; 
15. Malva virgata, or narrow mallow: leaves narrowed 
at the bafe, multiform, parted, divifions gafh-crenate; 
peduncles one-flowered ; ftem frutefcent. Trunk very 
final], branching almoft immediately from the root ; 
branches fix feet and a half long, about the thicknefs of 
a wheat-ftraw at the bafe, rough with fafciculated hairs, 
dividing into fmaller branches. Leaves narrow at the bafe, 
entire, oblong, cuneiform, an inch or more in length, 
moft of them divided into three deep incifures; divifions 
fharply crenated, rugofe and plaited, fmooth above, rough 
below. Flowers axillary, in the lower branches folitary, 
in the upper ones binate, peduncled, bending; corolla 
purple, ftreaked, with deep purple or red fpots at the bafe. 
16. Malva balfamica, or balfamic mallow : leaves fub- 
cordate, fublobate, unequally ferrate, glutinous; ftem 
{hrubby. This is a flirub about four feet high, upright, 
but fo weak, that, unlefs it is fupported, half the trunk 
and the branches hang downwards. Trunk little thicker 
than a quill, round, with a brown bark, rugged with icars 
from the fallen leaves and ftipules. Leaves acute, alter¬ 
nate, petioled, fomewhat rugged, villofe, dark green on 
the upper furface. It is named from the highly balfamic 
fmell of the plant. Jacquin had the feeds from Holland 
about the year 1777. The native country is unknown j 
probably from the Cape of Good Hope. 
17. Mai va abutiloides: leaves deeply lobed and finuated ; 
ftem (hrubby, hoary. This is a flirub very much refembling 
M. Capenfis, but the whole of it, except the upper furface 
of the leaves, is hoary or fubtomentofe. Leaves fmall, 
cordate, three or five lobed ; lobes gaflied, the middle 
one more lengthened out. Flowers large, in terminating 
racemes; corolla white. Fruit globular, retufe, with from 
fifteen to twenty cells, clofely connedted, as in the Abu- 
tilon of old authors. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Linnaeus, in his Species Plantarum, p. 971. has a fpecies 
under the name of M. abutiloides, totally different from 
this, which was omitted in the thirteenth edition of Syf-. 
tema Vegetabilium, and ought to be reftored. It is an 
American plant, native of Providence in the Bahama 
iflands; and figured by Dillenius under the name of Abu- 
tilon althaeoides. It has the appearance of an Althaea, is 
tall, and is diftinguiflied from the other mallows by its 
fubglobular ftriated pericarps, with many-feeded cells, not 
at all diftindt on the outfide. The ftem is upright; the 
leaves are lobed and villofe; the calyxes very {hort. 
Catefby brought over the feeds, and it was cultivated in 
the Eltham garden in 1715, but did not flower there till 
July 1728. 
18. Malva Caroliniana, or creeping mallow : ftem creep¬ 
ing; leaves multifid. Root annual. Stem eighteen inches 
and longer, round, putting out roots at the lower joints, 
hairy. Leaves villofe, foft; thofe next the root larger, 
roundilh, galh-ferrate, fmaller and more deeply, divided as 
they afeend, five-lobed and feven-lobed, all on long pe¬ 
tioles, gaflied and ferrate on the edge. Flowers axillary 
and terminating, on almoft upright peduncles from an 
inch to an inch and a half in length, fmall, the colour of 
Burgundy wine, the claws of a darker red. Native of 
Carolina, whence the feeds were brought by Catelby. It 
was cultivated in the botanic garden at Chelfea in 1723. 
The figure (1) on the annexed Plate is copied from 
Martyn’s Hift. Plant, rar. 
19. Malva parviflora, or fmall-flowered mallow: ftem 
fpreading; flowers axillary, feflile, glomerate; calyxes 
fmooth, fpreading. This is an annual plant, differing 
from M. rotundifolia in having the ftem almoft upright, 
and three times as large; the leaves more acute, with the 
tip of the petiole afeending; the flowers feflile ; the ca¬ 
lyxes, when the fruit is ripe, purple. Native of Barbary. 
20. Malva Nicasenfis, or Nice mallow: ftem decum¬ 
bent; calyxes glomerate, both hairy; leaves five-lobed. 
Root annual. Stems decumbent, fcarcely branched, green, 
fomewhat ftriated. Leaves on long petioles, five-lobed; 
lobes rounded on the lower leaves, in the reft lanceolate. 
Flowers axillary, commonly four, on ered naked almoft- 
equal 
